Abuja Municipal Area Council, AMAC, is the most cosmopolitan of the six area councils in Abuja, has 12 wards and includes the city centre of the Nigerian capital.’
While the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, won in 10 wards while the All Progressives Congress, APC won in only two. The results for AMAC were officially declared by the INEC Returning Officer, Sani Saka.
Below are the final results of the 12 wards in AMAC Area Council.
AMAC CHAIRMANSHIP
WARD – NYANYA
APC -1,199
PDP – 1,861
ACCREDITED VOTERS – 3,301
REGISTERED VOTERS – 53,237
WARD – JIWA
APC -1,224
PDP – 1,429
ACCREDITED VOTERS – 2,831
REGISTERED VOTERS – 43,572
WARD – GUI
APC -834
PDP – 1,606
WARD – KARSHI
APC -1,477
PDP – 180
ACCREDITED VOTERS – 1,678
REGISTERED VOTERS – 13,943
WARD – GWAGWA
APC -1,158
PDP – 1,624
ACCREDITED VOTERS – 2,952
REGISTERED VOTERS – 39,960
WARD – OROZO
APC -335
PDP – 674
ACCREDITED VOTERS – 1,051
REGISTERED VOTERS – 30,417
WARD – CITY CENTER
APC -1,093
PDP – 1,137
ACCREDITED VOTERS – 2,360
REGISTERED VOTERS – 74,245
WARD – GARKI
APC -914
PDP – 2,983
ACCREDITED VOTERS – 4,385
REGISTERED VOTERS – 86,109
WARD – KARU
APC -863
PDP – 1,848
ACCREDITED VOTERS – 2,857
REGISTERED VOTERS – 59,485
WARD – GWARINPA
APC -2,086
PDP – 2,609
ACCREDITED VOTERS – 4,953
REGISTERED VOTERS – 99,384
WARD – WUSE
APC -933
PDP – 857
ACCREDITED VOTERS – 1,897
REGISTERED VOTERS – 88,070
WARD – KABUSA
APC – 1,124
PDP – 2,494
ACCREDITED VOTERS – 4,154
REGISTERED VOTERS – 71,448
TOTAL
APC – 13,240
PDP – 19,302
In the meantime, there were challenges with the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System on Saturday as many FCT residents trooped out to vote in council elections conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The polls, conducted to elect council chairmen and councillors, were held in Abaji, Bwari, Gwagwalada, Kuje, Kwali, and Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC).
But the challenges with BVAS slowed down the voting process in many polling units, giving voters cause for concern.
The situation, which led to late commencement of voting in many polling units, led to an extension of voting time to six pm in some areas.
In most polling units in Kuje, Bwari and the Abuja Municipal Area Council, INEC officials arrived early with voting materials.
But voting which was scheduled to start at 8am did not start due to some accreditation challenges.
“Over thousands of people are here since morning, since eight o’clock, but up till now they have not captured up to 200 people,” one voter complained.
“If they are not prepared, why putting the date to today and bringing materials that are not working,” another retorted. “BIVAS or whatever they call it has not been used before and the machine is not working.”
One voter noted that while the election in his unit had ben peaceful, the technology problems were a cause for concern.
“I understand this situation is not only here in Kuje, it is across the entire FCT,” he said. “So one begins to wonder whether it is deliberate or just a situation where the machine has become faulty.”
